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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The proposed change makes sense to me (although I’m no expert in this area). I’d suggest adding a comma after the word “lowercase,” for the sake of added clarity:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>New wording: If the rules for capitalization require converting the letters<span class=normalbold> I</span> or <span class=normalbold>V</span> to lowercase<b>,</b><span style='color:#C00000'> </span>or<span class=normalbold> i</span>, <span class=normalbold>j</span>, <span class=normalbold>u</span>, or <span class=normalbold>v</span> to uppercase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kind regards to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Margaret<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Margaret F. Nichols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rare Materials Cataloging Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cataloging & Metadata Services in RMC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>2B Kroch Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ithaca, NY 14853-5302<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel. (607) 255-3530 * Fax (607) 255-9524<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>E-mail mnr1@cornell.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Blake<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 07, 2010 3:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] DPC: Wording of i/j u/v conversion in DCRM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last DPC of the season, if we're sticking to one a week: As some of you know, this came up at the BSC meeting at Annual, when it became clear that there was confusion about the phrase "If the rules for capitalization require converting the letters <span class=normalbold>i/j</span> or <span class=normalbold>u/v</span> to uppercase or lowercase..." because, in fact, "uppercase or lowercase" aren't reciprocal here. It will never be the case that an uppercase <b>J</b> or <b>U</b> will be converted to lowercase, see footnote 26 in Appendix G, which reads "An uppercase<b> J</b> or <b>U</b> in the source signals a modern distribution, in which <b>i</b> and<b> j</b> are functioning as separate letters, as are <b>u</b> and <b>v</b>, requiring no special consideration while converting case." <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Proposed change: replace the standard phrase as follows...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Existing wording: If the rules for capitalization require converting the letters<span class=normalbold> i/j</span> or <span class=normalbold>u/v</span> to uppercase or lowercase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New wording: If the rules for capitalization require converting the letters<span class=normalbold> I</span> or <span class=normalbold>V</span> to lowercase or<span class=normalbold> i</span>, <span class=normalbold>j</span>, <span class=normalbold>u</span>, or <span class=normalbold>v</span> to uppercase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Discussion is open to anyone through DCRM-L for one week. BSC members will be asked to vote on the proposed change on December 14.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> EB.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Erin C. Blake, Ph.D. | Curator of Art & Special Collections | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 E. Capitol St. SE | Washington, DC 20003-1004 | office tel. (202) 675-0323 | fax: (202) 675-0328 | eblake@folger.edu | www.folger.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>